Salt Lake Tribune
October 3, 2003

Weapons destruction resumes

STOCKTON -- The plant burning part of the nation's supply of chemical weapons in Utah's west desert restarted operations Thursday after a monthlong closure for maintenance.
    
The facility, located at the Deseret Chemical Depot, also began destroying 155mm shells and bulk containers containing the nerve agent VX.
    
The destruction of all VX munitions and stores is expected to be completed in about a year.
    
After that, the plant will enter the final phase of the weapons destruction program involving mustard gas.
    
So far, about 45 percent of chemical agents and 82 percent of the munitions stored at the facility have been destroyed.